Criminal justice at Michigan State
Michigan State graduates about 217 criminal justice majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 15th of 472 schools we score for criminal justice, a standout program at 91 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $63,000 four years out, 1.11× what the same major pays nationally.
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Where criminal justice happens
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Nearby in the criminal justice ranking
Other strong majors at Michigan State
- Kinesiology & exercise science 89 · #25
- Communications & media 86 · #64
- Sociology & anthropology 86 · #75
- Marketing 86 · #39
- Accounting 86 · #51
- Physics & astronomy 85 · #69
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Michigan State with every school we score in criminal justice. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.
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